| Mary Elizabeth Shipley - 1873 - 408 pages
...MATTHEW ix. 24. WE watched her breathing through the night, Her breathing soft and low, As through her breast the wave of life Kept heaving to and fro : So silently we seemed to speak, So softly moved about, As we had lent her half our powers To eke her living out. Our very hopes belied... | |
| Frederick A. Laing - 1873 - 264 pages
...sweet, And bless thy dainty face whene'er we meet." THE DEATH BED. " We watched her breathing through the night, Her breathing soft and low, As in her breast the wave of life ICept heaving to and fro. " So silently we seemed to speak, So slowly moved about, As wo had lent her... | |
| 1874 - 686 pages
...away. 1852. HW LONGFRLLOW. WE WATCHED HER BREATHING THROUGH THE NIGHT. WE watched her breathing through the night, Her breathing soft and low, As in her breast...heaving to and fro. So silently we seemed to speak, So gently moved about, As we had lent her half our powers To eke her living out. Our very hopes belied... | |
| Public school series - 1874 - 280 pages
...aro only being slowly revealod by the labours of scientific mon. THE DEATH-BED. — Hood. WE watch'd her breathing thro' the night, Her breathing soft...wave of life Kept heaving to and fro. So silently we seem'd to speak, So slowly moved about, As we had lent her half our powers To eke her living out. Our... | |
| John Bartlett - 1874 - 798 pages
...Nature's heart in tune, Concerted harmonies. Ibid THOMAS HOOD. 1798-1845. We watched her breathing through the night, Her breathing soft and low, As in her breast the wave of life Kept heaving to and fr0. The Death-Bed. Our very hopes belied our fears, Our fears our hopes belied ; We thought her dying... | |
| John Bartlett - 1875 - 890 pages
...on the old oak wall. The Mistletoe Bough. THOMAS HOOD. 1798-1845. We watched her breathing through the night, Her breathing soft and low, As in her breast the wave of life Kept heaving to and fro. The Death-Bed. Our very hopes belied our fears, Our fears our hopes belied ; We thought her dying when... | |
| Theophilus C. Cann - 1875 - 492 pages
...4. La milmglia possa romore-ili|iarvi intorno. The Death-Bed. We watched her breathing (1) through the night Her breathing soft and low, As in her breast the wave of life Kept heaving to and fro (2). So silently we seemed to speak, So slowly moved about, As we had lent her half our powers To eke... | |
| 1876 - 732 pages
...more shall blindness hide the chain." Cora M. Eager. THE DEATH-BED. We watched her breathing through the night, — Her breathing soft and low,— As in...heaving to and fro. So silently we seemed to speak, Bo slowly moved about, As we had lent her half our powers, To eke her living out. Our very hopes belied... | |
| Charles Walton Sanders - 1876 - 486 pages
...caution, secrecy, solemnity, and all tender emotions. EXAMPLES. 1. We watched her breathing through the night, Her breathing soft and low, As in her breast the wave of life Kept heaving to and fro. HOOD. 2. Softly, peacefully, Lay her to rest; Place the turf lightly, On her young breast. DB UDODMAN.... | |
| 1903 - 820 pages
...sea — What arc all those kissings worth, If thou kiss not me? THE DEATHBED THOMAS HOOD We watch'd her breathing thro' the night, Her breathing soft...wave of life Kept heaving to and fro. So silently we seem'd to speak, So slowly moved about, As we had lent her half our powers To eke her living out Our... | |
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